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But after 17 years, there was plenty of dna evidence to charge him with julie estes' rape and murder. >> it just was unbelievable that it would be the socks that would hold the true identity of her killer. >> faced with a possible death penalty, elmen decided to plead no contest to julie estes' rape and murder. in return, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. >> how do you feel about everything? >> how do i feel? >> mm-hmm. >> the overall picture? i think this sucks. >> the lesson for criminals would be no matter how long ago you did the crime, the forensics has the...

I was kind of surprised, actually, because it's not one of the more common places we would find semen. >> the areas were removed then analyzed with a new dna test that needed only a very small amount of genetic material. miraculously, the tests generated a mixture of two dna profiles, one female and one male. one was julie's dna. the other was the dna of the killer. >> they were able to identify that dna profile as the exact match to james elmen. >> we were all ecstatic. i mean, it was an unbelievable feeling. and that's the reward of cold case, when you have that piece that you never had befo...

Tend to die. >> unfortunately, if elmen was julie's killer, there was no longer any dna to prove it. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just...